Our Lady of Snows appeared to a man named John and his wife, as well as, Pope Liberius and sent snow from heaven to show the spot she wanted them to build a basilica. With Mary’s snow in mind I thought the kids would love to make “magic” snow.
I’ve done this experiment with my kids for a number of years, and it never stops amazing me!
As a warning: the first few times I tried this with the polymer from a diaper, the polymer was the tiny balls that were found in the diaper, but today the diaper “recipe” has changed. The polymer is now the cottony stuff!
All diaper brands have different “recipes” so you may want to try this first with the brand of diaper you have before you would try this with a class. For our most recent experiment (this week Aug. 2012) I tried it with Huggies and Luves size 3 diapers. The polymer was the cottony stuff both times.
Please note: Before starting this experiment please explain to the kids that God made science and we use God’s science to create neat things like the “magic snow”. But Mary’s snow was not a simple science trick. It was a miracle!! Only God can make snow to fall naturally from summer’s warm sky! Our “magic snow” is just a science trick!
Oh is that a fun science project!! My kids would love this. And for the record, I don't think Mary minds how you create your snow…diaper or mail order 🙂 Way to go!
Oh Thanks so much, Patty! I just had a feeling someone was going to tell me I'm nuts for using a diaper. And if I don't hear it from a follower, I'm sure I'll hear it from my 14 year old daughter! (all in good fun!) 😉 And in the words of my 8 year old daughter…\”You guys have GOT to try this…\” 😀 God Bless.
Jennifer,It looks like real snow! I thought it was awesome! What child wouldn't like doing this? Thanks!
Hi Jennifer, what a cool project! I just learned the history on Our Lady of Snows and would love to visit the basilica one day.Our Lady of Snows, pray for us!
I agree… a really cool project! You have the best ideas! +JMJ+